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Early life and education. Yee was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She graduated from Lowell High School in 2003. [3] Yee graduated from Yale University in 2007, majoring in English and Theatre Arts. She then attended University of California, San Diego 's MFA playwriting program.
The well-made play (French: la pièce bien faite, pronounced [pjɛs bjɛ̃ fɛt]) is a dramatic genre from nineteenth-century theatre, developed by the French dramatist Eugène Scribe. It is characterised by concise plotting, compelling narrative and a largely standardised structure, with little emphasis on characterisation and intellectual ideas.
Marsha Norman (born September 21, 1947) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist.She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night, Mother.She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as The Secret Garden, for which she won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and The Red Shoes, as well as the libretto for the ...
Ab–An. Toyin Abiodun (born 1963, Nigeria) George Francis Abbott (1887–1995, United States) Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Nigeria) Kjeld Abell (1901–1961, Denmark) Paul Ableman (1927–2006, England) Marcel Achard (1899–1974, France)
Book writer. The book writer is the member of a musical 's team who creates the book—the musical's plot, character development, and dramatic structure. Essentially, the book writer is the playwright of the musical, working very closely in collaboration with the lyricist and composer to create an integrated piece of drama. [citation needed]
Playwright. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright". A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature to ...
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t. e. A page of a screenplay, showcasing character dialogue, scene transitions, sluglines, and action lines. A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, and video games, are based.